Skip to Content
Internet Simplified®
book

Internet Simplified®

by Paul McFedries
February 2009
Beginner
266 pages
7h 26m
English
Visual
Content preview from Internet Simplified®

Chapter 5. Searching for Information on the Web

The Web is home to billions of Web pages, so how do you know which page to visit? It often helps to ask friends and family to recommend a site. However, if you need information on a specific topic, there are free Web sites called search engines that enable you to quickly search the Web for pages that have the information you require.

You can search the Web either by going directly to a search engine site or by using the search feature built into your browser.

Searching for Information on the Web
  • Understanding Search Engines

  • Search from the Web Browser

  • Search Using Google

  • Refine Your Google Searches

  • Get More Out of Google Searching

  • Search for ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Building the Mobile Internet

Building the Mobile Internet

Mark Grayson, Kevin Shatzkamer, Klaas Wierenga
Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

Nan Barber, Tonya Engst, David Reynolds

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780470404461Purchase book